Trucking’s next billionaire – WHAT THE TRUCK?!? (with video)

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On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking all about Hyliion going public and making Thomas Healy America’s youngest billionaire, digital freight brokers vs. traditional freight brokers, EVs vs oil/gas, fighting back against idle time in trucking, driver safety risks, and bears loose in Chattanooga.

Plus, news on the CMA CGM cyberattack; FreightWaves’ next virtual event, The Future of Logistics Real Estate; and a huge day for women in the NFL.

They’re joined by special guests Eric Masotti, vice president of logistics, Trailer Bridge; Brendan Dawson, founder and CEO, AccidentPlan; Collin McLelland, co-founder, Digital Wildcatters; Niko Brown, regional sales manager, SkyBitz; and Emily Szink, EVP of content, FreightWaves.

Special thanks to Ryan Pamplin for the bear video

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.